Stop Writing Claude Skills. Reverse Engineer Them
YouTube tutorial by Ben AI explaining the viral REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) repo from morluto/rea and showing a three-step process of using it to rebuild a Claude skill from example outputs.
About this case
The video introduces the REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) repository, explains why reverse engineering from examples works better than step-by-step instructions for newer Claude models, and walks through a three-step process the author used to rebuild his newsletter skill from 6 best and 6 worst newsletters. It links directly to github.com/morluto/rea and Anthropic's skill best-practices documentation.
Setup
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Original text / README
Stop Writing Claude Skills. Reverse Engineer Them
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The newest Claude models don't need step-by-step instructions anymore. Show them your best work and they can reverse engineer the rest. In this video I explain the viral Reverse Engineer Anything repo, why the same idea works for your prompts and skills, and the three-step process I used to rebuild my newsletter skill from my 6 best and 6 worst newsletters.
🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO • REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) on GitHub: https://github.com/morluto/rea • Anthropic's skill best practices: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/best-practices • 📺 My video on building Claude skills with Record a skill: https://youtu.be/zEv0lLYjUHw
🎬 CHAPTERS 00:00 – Intro 00:40 – What Is the REA Repo? 02:06 – Why It Matters 03:20 – Applying It to Skills 05:11 – Step #1 06:03 – Step #2 06:57 – Step #3 08:19 – When It Doesn't Work
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